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vernonk | 16:50 Sat 11th Mar 2017 | Film, Media & TV
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Did Russ Abbott invent the phrase " See you, Jimmy" through his comic Scots character, or did the phrase exist before that?
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In 'A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable' (Ian Crofton, 2012), the author finds no reason to mention Russ Abbott when referring to the phrase: http://tinyurl.com/h8wh2gj That would seem to me to suggest that Abbott simply picked up on an existing phrase.
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It existed before that
17:58 Sat 11th Mar 2017
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It's going back some time but I believe I heard the phrase before Russ became famous. But it's difficult to be sure after all this time.
17:58 Sat 11th Mar 2017
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In 'A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable' (Ian Crofton, 2012), the author finds no reason to mention Russ Abbott when referring to the phrase:
http://tinyurl.com/h8wh2gj
That would seem to me to suggest that Abbott simply picked up on an existing phrase.
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